A. East Teaching Portfolio

Courses Taught and Guest Lectures

Introduction to PFAS

Guest Lectures in ENST334 and ENST436 in 2024 and 2025.

Material covers:

Toxicological and risk assessment paradigms of relevance
Manufacturing and history of PFAS
Summary of ADME and toxicity of PFAS in humans
Summary of ecotoxicological data
- Focus in ecotoxicology section is on Andrew’s work.

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Biomarkers and Biochemical Endpoints

Guest Lecture in ENST436 in 2025.

Material covers:

Toxicological and risk assessment paradigms of relevance
Introduction to adverse outcome pathway as a concept
Example of toxicity test result linked to field data
Summary of classic hydrocarbon example
Connection to in vitro methods

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2015: BIOL310/510 Laboratory

2017: ENVS482 Independent Study

Conservation Biology Laboratory

Developed and taught laboratory section of BIOL310/510 in 2015.

Major activities:

Developed new syllabus of laboratory work to support lecture
Taught labs and lectures on technical details of:
- Diversity metrics
- Habitat suitability indices
- Population growth rate models
- Population viability analysis

Aquatic Toxicology Independent Study

Developed and taught an independent study (2 students) in ENVS482 in 2017.

Material covered:

Writing an SOP to standardize study activities
Daphnia magna culture maintenance and preparation of study materials
Set up and data collection of acute and chronic test
Analysis of acute and chronic test data

Syllabus Development

Andrew has developed several demonstrative syllabi associated with topics of interest.

See also above for description of laboratory syllabus development.

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Teaching Statement(s)

Click here for an example teaching philosophy statment.

My approach to classroom teaching is based on chunking material and time into Methods, Data, and Practice. I find this approach addresses the structure of scientific thinking and publication, speaks to functional practice in the field, and speaks to improving some of my own less-than-effective experiences in undergraduate and graduate education.